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City of Nice returns to masks on transport as 'skyrocketing' Covid wave grips France

As a seventh wave of Covid takes hold in France, the city of Nice has issued a municipal decree making masks once again compulsory on public transport.

Radio France Internationale

‘Fourth wave’: Dozens die of COVID in last 5 days in Bangladesh

At least 32 die in first five days of July as the country reports sharp rise in cases ahead of a major Muslim festival.

Al Jazeera

Government set to throw away 40 million expired Covid tests as rates surge

Exclusive: Health officials accused of ‘scandalous’ waste for allowing 40,742,096 rapid tests to expire, rather than redistributing to nations with poor diagnostic regimes

The Independent UK

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‘Let’s leave the city! Let’s get a dog! Let’s get a divorce!’ Do we regret our pandemic life changes?

Lockdowns, illness and working from home convinced millions it was time to shake things up. But did they follow through – and did it make them happier?

The Guardian - UK

Fears over NHS planned care amid Covid staff shortages and delays

A trust in the North of England has advised staff riding in cars together to keep masks on

The Independent UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? Millionaire oil exec Chancellor who claimed expenses at his stables

Boris Johnson loyalist Nadhim Zahawi took the job of Chancellor of the Exchequer last night after Rishi Sunak’s shock resignation, rocketing him from the post of Education Secretary

Daily Mirror

Faye Flam: Fuzzy language is setting back the fight against COVID

People no longer know what to do about the COVID pandemic. Part of the problem is the very language we use to talk about it. Words such as “breakthrough,” “booster” and even “sick” mean different things to different people — and to experts and the general public. The solution is…

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Covid-19 has brought a halt to a number of serious criminal cases due in court this week

The sentence hearing of a convicted rapist for a separate random attack on a woman in 2011 was the latest to be called off today as some of those involved had to isolate.

Irish Mirror

Algeria to Reopen Land border with Tunisia

Algeria said Tuesday it would reopen its land border with Tunisia later this month, more than two years after it was shut at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. "We have taken the joint decision to reopen the land border from July 15," said President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. He was speaking…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top Covid symptom in patients revealed by new data as infections surge across UK

A total of 2.3 million people are estimate to have had the virus latest figures show

The Independent UK

Flightmare! What’s really going on at Britain’s airports — and is your holiday doomed?

The only thing to match the carnage in politics right now? A trip to an airport. With Heathrow asking airlines to stop selling summer tickets, can anyone save our holidays? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

The County Durham granddad risking his life to deliver aid to the people of Ukraine

The 65-year-old grandad has crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border eight times in three weeks to deliver aid

Chronicle Live

Ministry signs contract to buy long-acting antibody drug

The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday signed a procurement agreement with AstraZeneca for 257,500 doses of the long-acting antibody drug Evusheld, which boosts Covid-19 immunity in patients with low immunity levels.

Bangkok Post

Tas premier urges masks amid virus spike

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has urged people to wear masks indoors amid a rise in COVID-19 infections.

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Leeds mates 'addicted' to saving kids from a life of crime in gang hotspot

Curtis and Reece say it's impossible to get kids to leave a gang, instead they've got to join a new one

ABC News

Authorities keeping close eye on hospital admissions as new subvariants take hold in SA

South Australian authorities will not rule out reintroducing restrictions ahead of an expected rise in COVID cases in the coming weeks, as the new subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 take hold. The state has recorded 4,072 new cases today.

The Times of India

West Bengal: 'Need to take steps to protect kids'

KOLKATA: Senior physician Sukumar Mukherjee, a member of the state government's Global Advisory Board on Covid-19, said a worrying thing, especially in the wake of increasing Covid cases, was that section people were not turning up for the second dose and booster.

The Times of India

Covid-19: Sporadic infections increase active caseload in Dakshina Kannada

MANGALURU: Sporadic cases of Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada, are gradually increasing the active caseload in the district. The number of active cases in the district, has increased tenfold in two months. The district’s active caseload was just six on May 4, and it increased to 63 on Monday. Similarly, the…

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West Bengal: From 33,000 plus daily vaccine doses in June first week, numbers rise to 76,000 in last 7 days

KOLKATA: The door-to-door campaign accompanied by the rising Covid-19 cases has given an impetus to the vaccination drive across the state. From an average of 33,000-plus doses a day in the first week of June the average number of doses administered daily in the last one week has gone up…

AAP

Qld urged to prepare for third virus wave

Queensland authorities are urging people to prepare for a third COVID-19 wave saying "it's very likely that either you or someone you know" will be infected.

Reuters

New Zealand Defence Force, medical team deployed to Niue after COVID-19 outbreak

New Zealand Defence Force said on Wednesday it had flown a team of civilian doctors, nurses and defence force personnel along with personal protective gear to tiny pacific island Niue to help with the country's COVID-19 outbreak.

The Canberra Times

New COVID-19 case numbers, hospitalisations remain high

The ACT recorded 1477 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours until 8pm Tuesday.

The Times of India

Maharashtra: Members of Covid-19 paediatric task force step down en masse

MUMBAI: The 10 members of the paediatric task force for Covid-19 formed by the previous, Uddhav Thackeray-led government submitted their resignation on Sunday.

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Vic Police Drops Charges Against Indigenous BLM Protesters, Instead Forced To Pay Legal Fees

“We would like to emphasise that the fight is not over. One death in custody, one death by the state is one too many,” activist Meriki Onus said outside the courtroom.

Reuters

COVID and bust: China's private health system hurt by tough coronavirus controls

On March 24, a court in the central Chinese city of Fuyang announced that a $1.5 billion hospital built just four years earlier had filed for bankruptcy because it was unable to pay its debts.

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